• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Global Ecovillage Network

Connecting Communities for a Sustainable World

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
Donate
  • Contact
  • FAQ
  • Login
  • About
  • Ecovillages
  • Regions
  • Learn
  • Our Work
  • Resources
  • Store
  • Get Involved!
  • Search
You are here: Home / User / Rob Wheeler

Rob Wheeler

GEN Council of Elders

GEN Council of Elders, GEN Ambassador

Rob has represented the Global Ecovillage Network at the United Nations for the past 15 years, participating actively in the UN Commission and World Summit on Sustainable Development and the Rio+20 process and conference. He organized and led a Sustainable Community Campaign for 5 years in Santa Cruz, CA in the 1990s. He served on the Executive Committee for the UN NGO Millennium Forum and the International Steering Committee for the World Civil Society Forum. Rob was also the primary NGO representative (on behalf of GEN) for UN Habitat's Initiative on Access to Basic Services for All. He has worked for more than 25 years as a teacher and environmental educator.

Primary Sidebar

More about Rob

  • Country

    : United States
  • GEN Region

    :
    • GENNA
  • Language spoken

    :
    • English

Top Footer

Donate to GEN

Donating funds to GEN is a tangible way to contribute to this concrete and dynamic movement for positive change. Your donation helps to support and to spread ecovillages around the world. We invite donations to GEN International or a GEN Region.

Donate

Join our Newsletter

Subscribe to our monthly Newsletter to keep up to date with the latest news and happenings in ecovillages and their allies around the globe. You can also subscribe to your region's newsletter for local updates!

Join Us

Volunteer with GEN

Volunteering supports the network while forming valuable connections, meeting incredible people, and contributing to a positive future. There are many ways you can support GEN with your time and energy.

Volunteer

Footer

Our Work

  • Consultancy
  • Development
  • Education
  • Research
  • Advocacy
  • Youth
  • Inspiring Women
  • Support Women
  • Projects

Resources

  • News
  • Solution Library
  • Impact Assessment
  • Climate Solutions
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Login

Vision & Mission

The Global Ecovillage Network envisions a world of empowered people and communities, designing pathways to a sustainable future, while building bridges of hope and international solidarity.

As a solution-based, multi-stakeholder alliance, GEN provides information, tools, examples, and representation to the expanding global network dedicated to demonstrating principles and practices of sustainability in their lifestyles and communities.

Creative Commons License
All content on this site is licensed under under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

The Global Ecovillage Network is a registered charity: SC043796 and has consultative status in the UN – ECOSOC.
GEN-US operates as GEN’s 501(c)3 Fiscal Sponsor in the US to ensure that US based donors’ donations are tax deductible.